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Ghana: Pork Prices Increase By 20% – Prices of pork will increase by 20% effective Tuesday, September 20, 2022, the Pig Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has announced. The increase means that a live pig will be sold at the benchmark minimum farmgate price of GH₵18 per kilogramme (of the …

3000 Nurses, Midwives Leave Ghana For Greener Pastures – About 3,000 nurses and midwives have left the country this year alone to seek greener pastures abroad, according to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). The association says if working conditions are not improved, the numbers could further go …

Wife of Citi FM’s Bernard Avle Dead – Justine Avle, spouse of the General Manager of Citi FM/Citi TV, Bernard Avle, has been reported dead. Justine Avle was reportedly pronounced dead after she was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday, August 3. Bernard and Justine married in 2011 and were …

Police Foil Robbery Attack On Gold Purchasing Shop At Konongo – The Police have foiled a robbery attack on a gold buying shop at Konongo in the Ashanti region. A post on the Facebook wall of the police narrating the incident said “The Police received a distress call that there …

Newmont To Provide Relief Payment For 8,000 illegal Structure Owners – Newmont Africa has concluded discussions with the government, traditional authorities and community stakeholders and commenced payment for the removal of over 8,000 speculative unauthorised structures in the $850 million Ahafo North Mining Project. An Inter-Agency Committee led by the …

An Evangelist Arrested For Sodomizing 15-year-old Boy – A 37-year-old evangelist, Frederick Darko, is in the grips of the Gomoa Nyanyano police for sodomizing a 15-year-old boy. The victim alleged that the evangelist has been sodomizing him for about two years now. Frederick Darko, a self-styled evangelist had sought permission …

UPNMG Worried Over Migration Of Ghanaian Nurses, Midwives To UK – The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) has expressed concern about the seeming migration of Ghanaian health workers, especially nurses and midwives, from the country to the UK to work. The union, in a communiqué after a …

E-Levy: A full list of transfers that will be free of charge and some tips on how to avoid it – The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified the transactions that would not be impacted by the new tax policy as Ghanaians prepare for the implementation of the Electronic Transfer …

Why having a degree is not enough for the job market – Data from the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana shows that only 10 percent of graduates find jobs after their first year of completing school and that it may take up to …